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Baltimore Orioles SP Miguel Gonzalez made his first major league start Friday, July 6, against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He did it while using a Rawlings glove given to him by Double-A teammate and friend, the late P Nick Adenhart, back in 2007. "I thought it was the perfect time to use it. I thought it (using the glove in his first start) was a great thing to do for him and his family," Gonzalez said. He allowed just one run and three hits over seven innings for his first victory against Adenhart's former major league club.

The Associated Press reports the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim voted to give a full postseason share to the estate of SP Nick Adenhart, the rookie pitcher killed in April in a car accident allegedly caused by a drunken driver. The Angels' shares were worth $138,039.

Confirming previous reports, the trial for the man charged with the drunken driving death of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Nick Adenhart has been delayed for six months, at the request of his new defense attorney, according to The Associated Press. Superior Court Judge Richard Toohey rescheduled the trial for 22-year-old Andrew Gallo to April 22, 2010, in order to allow Deputy Public Defender Bryan Harris time to prepare a defense.

The Associated Press reports the trial of a man charged with the drunken driving death of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Nick Adenhart will likely be delayed by several months after a new defense attorney was appointed. An Orange County public defender was appointed Monday to represent 22-year-old Andrew Gallo after his private attorney quit the case, citing a lack of resources. Prosecutors had hoped to go before a jury late this year.

Gillian Flaccus, of The Associated Press reports Andrew Thomas Gallo was charged with driving under the influence causing injury, driving with a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit and fleeing the scene of a traffic accident causing death or injury in the car accident that killed SP Nick Adenhart. Gallo could receive around 55 years to life in prison if convicted on all charges.

Updating an immediate report, the Los Angeles Times' Ruben Vives reports the driver of the minivan that struck the car Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim SP Nick Adenhart was in was found about a mile away from the scene of the accident and was taken into custody, according to Lt. Craig Brower of the Fullerton Police Department. Two people in the vehicle Adenhart was in died at the scene, and one other died at a nearby hospital. The fourth person in the vehicle is at a nearby hospital.